Gourmet dinners will be served on the ice of the Red and Assiniboine rivers for the next three weeks.﻿

A pop-up restaurant, called RAW: almond, was set to open Thursday night in a warming hut located on the ice and featuring tree stumps for chairs. The restaurant, the brainchild of deer + almond chef and owner Mandel Hitzer and RAW Gallery director Joe Kalturnyk, will be open until Feb. 12.

Chefs from upscale restaurants across the city will participate in the unique endeavour, serving up meals to 20 people three times per night (plus breakfast and lunch on the weekend).

"It's something I've always wanted to try," said Hitzer, adding he and Kalturnyk had been working on the idea for more than a year. "We have so much culinary talent in the city and this is the perfect opportunity to drive our food scene forward."

Tickets are $85 per person.

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